South Carolina General Assembly
114th Session, 2001-2002

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Bill 3279


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                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      3279
Type of Legislation:              Concurrent Resolution CR
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  20010117
Primary Sponsor:                  Barrett
All Sponsors:                     Barrett and Sandifer
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\gjk\20099sd01.doc
Date Bill Passed both Bodies:     20010123
Subject:                          John Kelley, Resolutions


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
House   20010123  Received from Senate
Senate  20010118  Introduced, adopted, returned
                  with concurrence
House   20010117  Introduced, adopted, sent to Senate


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A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

TO CONGRATULATE JOHN KELLEY OF WALHALLA FOR BEING NAMED A DISTINGUISHED EDUCATOR BY THE SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS AND TO COMMEND HIM FOR DEDICATING HIS LIFE TO THE EDUCATION OF THE YOUTH OF OCONEE COUNTY AND SOUTH CAROLINA.

Whereas, annually the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools honors one educator from each of the ten states in the region, and on December 4, 2000, at a meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, John Kelley was named as South Carolina's Distinguished Educator; and

Whereas, Dr. Steve Baker, Executive Director of the Commission on Elementary and Middle Schools for the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, said that John Kelley was chosen to receive this award because of his "record of distinguished and dedicated service to elementary and middle school education, his significant contributions to the education profession, and his reputation as an innovator/facilitator of educational improvement with a focus on student performance"; and

Whereas, John Kelley has demonstrated his dedication to the teaching profession for thirty-one years. He worked with the Oconee County School District for thirty years until his retirement where he served Walhalla Middle School as a teacher, guidance counselor, assistant principal, and interim principal, and at the district level where he served as Coordinator of Assessment and Gifted/Talented Programs, Administrative Assistant for instruction, and Assistant Superintendent for Elementary Education; and

Whereas, he has been actively involved with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools where he has been the chair and vice chair of the South Carolina Elementary and Middle Schools Committee, a member of the Commission on Elementary and Middle Schools, a member of the Central Review Committee, vice chair of the Executive Committee, and in 1999 was selected to serve as state Director for the South Carolina Elementary and Middle Schools Committee; and

Whereas, John Kelley has received deserved national, regional, state, and local recognition. He has been honored by the National Council of Teachers of English, the National School Counselors Association, the South Carolina Teachers of Mathematics, the South Carolina Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance, the South Carolina Reading Recovery Advisory Council, the South Carolina School Counselors Association; and he has been named Oconee County Teacher of the Year and was honored as a Paul Harris Fellow by the Walhalla Rotary Club; and

Whereas, South Carolina is fortunate that a man of such outstanding character and ability chose education as his life's work, and he is without question truly deserving of this very prestigious honor. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:

That the members of the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, by this resolution, hereby congratulate John Kelley of Walhalla for being named a Distinguished Educator by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and commend him for dedicating his life to the education of the youth of Oconee County and South Carolina.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to Mr. Kelley.

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